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Agency Directory

April 9, 2022LiteraryA, Adult, Adversity, Agencies, Agency, Agents, Art, Authors, books, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Illustrators, LGBTQ, Manuscripts, MG, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, PB, Picture Books, Publishing, Writers, YA, Young Adultpdpabst

In case you missed the new page I created to list literary agencies, I thought I would send out a post. My “go to” used to be Preditors and Editors, but it has been in “dust” mode for a long time. And with Pitch Wars ceasing, I’m not sure how long their site will be running. While there is Manuscript Wishlist, AALA, AAA(UK), and Query Tracker, and possibly others I’m unaware of, they aren’t a complete list, or they miss agencies on some that are on others. So, I decided to make a list from all of them. It is still a work in progress and will be everchanging as agencies open and close.

When I started this, I found it very time consuming. But, at some point, I will go back and improve the listings by adding the age categories and genres each one represents. To search red flags for agencies, I recommend Absolute Write. But for now, enjoy the agency directory I created.

P.D. Pabst

2022 CHICAGO ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOP

April 7, 2022Webinar/Workshop5 Otter Literary, Adult, agent, Allium Press, Authors, Belcastro Agency, Blue Heron Literary, Blue Ridge Literary, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, books, Books & Such Literary Management, Chicago, Chicago Writing Workshop, Dana Newman Literary, DONALD MAASS LITERARY AGENCY, editor, Falculty, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, Go Literary, Golden Wheat Literary, Instructions, June, Ken Sherman & Associates, Knight Agency, Learning, Manuscripts, Massie & McQilkin, Maximus Literary, Metamorphosis Literary, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Page Turner Literary, Paul S. Levine Literary, Pitch, Publishing, Q&A, Raven Quill Literary, Rees Literary, Savvy Literary, Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Sourcebooks, Speilburg Literary, The Bent Agency, The Deborah Harris Agency, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Per the Chicago Writing Workshop website, this writing event (June 10-11, 2022) is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note this is an online event, so anyone can attend from anywhere!

Here are a few of this years faculty that will be in attendance:

Literary agent Eva Scalzo (Speilburg Literary)
Editor Emily Clark Victorson (Allium Press)
Editor Anna Michels (Sourcebooks and Poisoned Pen Press)
Literary scout Mark William Norby (Metamorphosis Literary)
Literary agent Julia Byers (Sheldon Fogelman Agency)
Literary agent Amy Levenson (Blue Heron Literary)
Literary agent Daniel Cramer (Page Turner Literary)
Literary agent Rena Rossner (The Deborah Harris Agency)
Literary agent Maria Vicente (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Ian Shea (Maximus Literary)
Literary agent Susan Nystoriak (Golden Wheat Literary)
Literary agent Ali McDonald (5 Otter Literary)
Literary agent Kelly Peterson (Rees Literary)
Literary agent Carlie Webber (Fuse Literary)
Literary agent Debbie Alsdorf (Books & Such Literary Management)
Literary agent Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary)
Literary agent Nephele Tempest (Knight Agency)
Literary agent James Mustelier (The Bent Agency)
Literary agent Julie Stevenson (Massie & McQuilkin)
Literary agent Ken Sherman (Ken Sherman & Associates)
Literary agent Kaitlyn Johnson (Belcastro Agency)
Literary agent Paul Levine (Paul Levine Literary)
Literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Dana Newman (Dana Newman Literary)
Literary agent Leslie Truex (Blue Ridge Literary Agency)
Literary agent Kortney Price (Raven Quill Literary)
Literary agent Amy Stern (Sheldon Fogelman Agency)
Literary assistant Rae Loverde (Donald Maass Literary Agency)
Literary agent Cortney Radocaj (Belcastro Agency)
Literary agent Amaryah Orenstein (Go Literary)
Literary agent Mary DeMuth (Books & Such Literary Management)
Literary agent Laura Stone (Blue Ridge Literary)
and more to come

Don’t delay in registering. Have fun and learn lots!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

2022 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards

March 30, 2022Contests, Publishing Opportunity$1000, $10K, Authors, Award, Book, books, Categories, Commentary, Feature Article, Fiction, Guidelines, Judges, Middle Grade, Monetary, Monetary Prize, Non-Fiction, Paid, Pitch Slam, Promotion, Published, Self-Published, Stories, Submission, Subrscription, Trip, Tutorials, Writer's Digest, Writer's Digest Annual Conference, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Self-published writers are often left out in the cold, struggling to market and promote their books. But every so often, there is an event to help them get noticed. The Published Book Awards via Writer’s Digest is such an event. Here is what is up for grabs:

GRAND PRIZE:

$10,000 in cash
An interview with writer for the March/April 2023 issue of Writer’s Digest
A paid trip to the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference, including a coveted Pitch Slam slot
Publication of an excerpt from the writer’s winning book on WritersDigest.com

FIRST PRIZE:

$1,000 in cash
Promotion of writer and their winning book the March/April 2023 issue of Writer’s Digest

BOTH WILL RECEIVE:

Be featured on the Writer’s Digest website
One year subscription to Writer’s Digest Tutorials
20% discount off of purchases made at Writer’s Digest University
A special graphic recognizing their winning status

Honorable Mention Winners will receive promotion on http://www.writersdigest.com and a special graphic for use in promoting their win. All entrants will receive a brief commentary from one of the judges. Be sure to check out the categories, guidelines, and submission details. Deadline is April 1, 2022.

As always, good luck.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

2022 Florida Writing Workshop

March 30, 2022Webinar/Workshopagent, Authors, books, editor, Edits, Feedback, Fiction, Learning, Literary Advise, Manuscript, Non-Fiction, Online, Opportunity, Publishing, Register, The Florida Writing Workshop, Writers, Writing, Writing Workshoppdpabst

Per the Florida Writing Workshop website, this online writing event (July 8-9, 2022) is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of the conference, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Writers can join from anywhere. However, there are still a limit of 200 seats for attendance, so hurry!

Here are a few of this year’s faculty that will be in attendance:

Literary agent Analieze Cervantes (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)
Literary agent Maria Napolitano (Bookcase Literary Agency)
Literary agent Rebecca Eskildsen (Writers House)
Literary agent Rachel Beck (Liza Dawson Associates)
Literary agent Ken Sherman (Ken Sherman & Associates)
Literary agent Paul Levine (Paul S. Levine Literary)
Literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary)
Literary agent Rach Crawford (Wolf Literary Services)
Literary agent Debbie Alsdorf (Books & Such Literary Management)
Literary agent Amy Stern (Sheldon Fogelman Literary)
Literary agent Dan Milaschewski (United Talent Agency)
Literary agent Amaryah Orenstein (Go Literary)
Literary agent Laurel Symonds (The Bent Agency)
Literary agent Zoe Bodzas (McIntosh & Otis)
Literary agent Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary)
Literary agent Eva Scalzo (Speilburg Literary)
Literary agent Carlie Webber (Fuse Literary)
Literary agent Julia Byers (Sheldon Fogelman Literary)
Literary agent James Mustelier (The Bent Agency)
Literary agent Eloy Bleifuss (Janklow & Nesbit)
Literary agent Ian Shea (Maximus Literary)
Literary agent Susan Nystoriak (Golden Wheat Literary)
Literary agent Kelly Peterson (Rees Literary)
and possibly more to come.

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering. Have fun and learn lots!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

San Francisco Virtual Writing Workshop

July 27, 2021Literary, Webinar/Workshop#A, Adult, agent, amuiraa, Andrea Brown Literary, Annie Bomke Literary, Art + Deco Agency, Authors, Azantian Litererary, จัดการ ประชุม, Book Wyrm Litereray, books, Brower Literary & Management, California, comhdháil, Conférence, Conferência, Conferencia, Conferentie, Conferenza, Conferinţă, DeFiore and Company, Конференции, Конференция, Конференції, Feedback, Fiction, Folio Literary Management, Go Literary, Golden Wheat Literary, Gynhadledd, Harvey Klinger Inc, Harvey Klinger Literary Agency, Hội nghị, How To Get Published, Industry, Instrution, Διάσκεψη, 회의, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Joelle Delbourgo Associates, konafesi, Konferans, Konferansen, Konference, Konferencia, Konferencija, Konferencji, Konferens, Konferensi, Konferensie, Konferenssi, Konferenz, Konferenza, KT Literary Agency, kumperensya, Ladderbird Literary, Manuscripts, Martin Literary Management, MG, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Online, P.S. Literary, Paul S. Levine Literary, Persidangan, Pitch, Pitching, Prentis Literary, Publishing, Rainbow Nerds Literary, Ráðstefnu, San Francisco, San Francisco Writing Workshop, Savvy Literary, Speilburg Literary, Sterling Lord Literistic, Stimola Literary, Stories, Storm Literary, The Bent Agency, The Friedrich Agency, The Seymour Agency, Transatlantic Agency, Transatlantic Litereary, کنفرانس, Virtual, Writers, Writers House, Writing, YA, Young Adult, 會議, 会議, 会议, المؤتمرpdpabst

Per the website, the San Francisco Writing Workshop is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of two days, pitch a literary agent (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that this is a virtual workshop, so anyone can attend from anywhere. This workshop is a full-day “How to Get Published” writing event in San Francisco, CA on October 8-9, 2021

Literary agent Elisa Houot of The Seymour Agency
Literary agent Paige Terlip of Andrea Brown Literary
literary agent Sandy Lu (Book Wyrm Literary)
literary agent Amanda Orozco (Transatlantic Literary)
literary agent Leah Pierre (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Allison Hellegers (Stimola Literary Studio)
literary agent Kimberly Brower (Brower Literary)
literary agent Amaryah Orenstein (Go Literary)
literary agent Jeff Silberman (Folio Literary Management)
literary agent Stefanie Molina (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Lindsay Auld (Writers House)
literary agent Alexandra Weiss (Azantian Literary)
literary agent Hannah Brattesani (The Friedrich Agency)
literary agent Stephanie Winter (P.S. Literary)
literary agent Nicole Payne (Golden Wheat Literary)
literary agent Jennifer Herrington (Harvey Klinger Literary)
literary agent Jamie Vankirk (Rainbow Nerds Literary)
literary agent Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary)
literary agent Brenna English-Loeb (Transatlantic Agency)
literary agent Kelly Van Sant (KT Literary)
literary agent Leslie Varney (Prentis Literary)
literary agent Reiko Davis (Defiore and Company)
literary agent Lynnette Novak (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent James Mustelier (The Bent Agency)
literary agent Erin Clyburn (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
literary agent Chris Combemale (Sterling Lord Literistic)
literary agent Sera Rivers (Martin Literary Management)
literary agent Felice Laverne (Art + Deco Agency)
literary agent Joelle Delbourgo (Joelle Delbourgo Associates)
literary agent Devon Halliday (Transatlantic Literary)
literary agent Julie Gwinn (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent Vicki Selvaggio (Storm Literary)
literary agent Analieze Cervantes (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)
literary agent Paul S. Levine (Paul S. Levine Literary)
literary agent Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary)
literary agent Cecilia Lyra (P.S. Literary)
literary agent Eva Scalzo (Speilburg Literary)
and possibly more to come.

For those partcipating, this sounds like a great day of learning and marketing yourself. Good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Fall Internship: Defiore and Company

July 5, 2021Internship, LiteraryAgency, agent, Application, Authors, インターンシップ, ฝึกงาน, Backend Duties, Behind-The-Scenes, books, Candidates, College, Contracts, Creative Industry, DeFiore and Company, Distribution, Drafting, Стаж, Стажировки, Стажування, Editorial, Estágio, Evaluate, Fall, Fantasy, Fiction, Galuega faataitai, Gyakorlat, Industry, Intéirneacht, Intern, Interniaeth, Internskap, 인턴쉽, Οικοτροφείο, Knowledge, Literary, Magang, Manuscripts, Media, Michael Mejias, Mysteries, New York, Opportunity, Organized, pasantía, Praktik, Praktikum, Publishing, Reader, Reading, Recommendations, Records, Reports, research, Romance, Science Fiction, Social media, Stage, Stagiu, Staj, Stáž, Stories, Student, Submissions, Tập, Thrillers, کارآموزی, Writers, Young Adult, 实习, 實習。pdpabst

Defiore and Company is looking for an intern wanting to learn about all aspects of the publishing industry. Working with agents as they liaison between authors and publishers can give interns a wealth of knowledge to progress in the publishing industry.

Candidates should be motivated, well-organized, responsible, and have excellent communication skills. Some experience analyzing and assessing written materials is preferred, but not necessary. Interns should be willing to commit 15-20 hours per week for a minimum of three months.

To apply, email a resume and cover letter to resumes@defliterary.com to Parik Kostan’s’s attention. Be sure to include ‘resume’ in the subject lin

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Insecure Writer’s Support Group Pitching Contest on Twitter

January 11, 2021Contests#ISWG, #ISWGPit, AB Literary, Adult, Aevitas Creative, Agents, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, books, Britt Siess Creative Managemnet, City Owl Press, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Cuộc thi, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Конкурс, Editors, 경연 대회, Fiction, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Insecure Writer's Support Group, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Natjecanje, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, paligsahan, Pitch Event, Pitching, Publishing, research, Soutěž, Stories, Submissions, Submitting, Tävling, The Seymour Agency, The Unter Agency, Thompson LIterary Agency, Trident Media Group, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Writers, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

Insecure Writer’s Support Group is hosting a twitter pitching contest on January 20, 2021 from 8am-8pm EST. This is for completed and polished manuscripts only! Be sure to pitch only once per hour and include the hashtag #IWSGPit. (As with all pitching events, do NOT fave a pitch unless you are a literary agent or publishing editor.)

There has been some chatter about this being a newer pitching event and caution due to no participating agents listed. However, I can assure you that legitimate agents and editors participated in their previous pitch event. Some of them were:

Samantha Wekstein, literary agent from Thompson Literary Agency
Erica Bauman, literary agent from Aevitas Creative
Jennifer Wills and Lynnette Novak, literary agents from The Seymour Agency
Sharon Pelletier and Ann Leslie Tuttle, literary agent form Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret
Mary Cain, associate editor from City Owl Press
Mark Gottlieb, Literary agent from Trident Media
Annie Bomke, kiteraryagent from AB Literary
Jen Nadol, associate literary agent from The Unter Agency
Britt Siess, literary agent from Britt Siess Creative Management
And several more!

Like all pitch events, be sure to research the agents or editors that favorite your pitch before submitting your materials. For complete details, go here. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

The Masters Review Short Story Award for New Writers

January 9, 2021ContestsAuthor, Award, コンテスト, ประกวด, Best, Bold, Canicelli Literary Management, Chances, Compass Tallent, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Cuộc thi, Dazzle, Конкурс, 경연 대회, Fiction, Fletcher & Company, Genre, Guideline, Gystadleuaeth, Helen Oyeyemi, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscript, Monetary, Natjecanje, New Writers, paligsahan, Plot, Publication, Short Story Award, Sobel Weber, Soutěž, Story, Style, Submission, Tävling, The Bent Agency, The Masters Review, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Winner, Writer, Writers House, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

The Masters Review Short Story Aware for New Writers is an annual contest that recognizes the best fiction from today’s emerging writers. This years judge is Helen Oyeyemi. The winning story will be awarded $3000 and publication online. Second and third place stories will be awarded publication and $300 and $200 respectively. All winners and honorable mentions will receive agency review by: Nat Sobel from Sobel Weber, Victoria Cappello from The Bent Agency, Andrea Morrison from Writers House, Sarah Fuentes from Fletcher & Company, Heather Schroder from Compass Talent, and Siohban McBride from Carnicelli Literary Management.

They say they don’t have any preferences topically or in terms of style. They’re simply looking for the best. Also, they don’t define, nor are they interested in, stories identified by their genre. However, they consider themselves a publication that focuses on literary fiction and are looking for stories that dazzle, take chances, are bold — and do so by focusing on more than plot.

You can check out the complete guidelines for submissions and previous winners here. Please note the deadline to enter is January 31, 2021.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

AUTHOR MENTOR MATCH

January 4, 2021Contests, Mentor ProgramAge Category, Agent Ready, Alexa Donne, Author Mentor Match, Authors, Critique Partners, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Heather Kaczynski, Manuscript, Mentoring, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Author Mentor Match was created by Heather Kaczynski and Alexa Donne. The object is to match new writers with authors further along in the publishing process and gain invaluable mentoring! That’s right, this is an opportunity to get your manuscript critiqued (for free) before submitting to agents!

Authors can select up to four mentors during the submission window which is already opened! Submissions close January 14, 2021. Watch for the mentor BIOS to be posted to learn what age groups and genres they wish to see in their inbox!

Please note there is a two-step process for entering:

Fill out the submission form. (I believe the form will appear during the sub window period.)
Email the proper information to authormentormatch@gmail.com:

A query (pasted in the body of the email!)
The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer & can be attached)
A synopsis

Be sure to include in the subject line the manuscripts Age Category +Genre + Title. (ie: YA Sci-Fi – Mars Plants are the Bomb) on the email submission. And check out the site in order to know how to select the mentors you wish to submit because it isn’t clear quite yet. (I’m guessing this might be part of the submission form.) As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

2021 Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition

December 26, 2020Contests$10000, Author's Agreement, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, books, Competition, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contract, Crime, Cuộc thi, Конкурс, english, 경연 대회, Fiction, Genre, Gystadleuaeth, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Literary, Macmillan Publishers, Manuscripts, Minotaur Books, Monetary Prize, Murder, Mystery, Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition, Natjecanje, Novel, Opporutinty, Over 18, paligsahan, Publishers, Publishing, Publishing Opportunity$10, Royalties, Soutěž, Stories, Submissions, Tävling, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Writers, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

Minotaur Books (Macmillan) and Mystery Writers of America are sponsoring the First Crime Novel Competition. This contest is open to writer’s age 18 and older, who has never been published or under contract to be published with a novel. The submitted manuscript must involve murder or another serious crime or crimes at the heart of the story. The winner will be offered a standard form author’s agreement and a $10,000 advance against future royalties. Submissions must be received by 11:59pm EST on January 1, 2021. For complete rules, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Writer and blogger of MG/YA fiction

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